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Growing up in Texas, I was indoctrinated with the belief that girls grow up to become mommies and cook and clean the house. Around me, I could see some women in the workplace, but they tended to work certain jobs and almost without exception did so under male supervision. These women were usually secretaries, waitresses, nurses—there is nothing wrong with these jobs, whatever your gender—but in this environment, women do not grow up surrounded by female CEOs. However, I wanted to do other things, and luckily my mother told me I was smart enough...
...tried him out as a cook and he did well,” recalls Maureen Johannessen, who was the general manager of Leverett’s dining hall at the time. “He was a quick learner...
...behind schedule,” and then stay in an anxious state until I finally got around to doing something. But this day was different. I stayed in bed until three, with a brief move to the microwave to cook some food, justifying my actions with the fact that I would still be on the beach at this time a day or two earlier. And for a few more hours I was able to completely relax. This is progress. But check back with me in a few weeks at term’s end, when final papers and exams, graduation...
Their six other restaurants are flourishing; Bastianich estimates that they collectively serve 2,000 people a night. Last year the James Beard Foundation named Batali its Outstanding Chef--the top award a U.S. cook can win. This year the foundation has nominated Molto Italiano, Batali's 2005 book, as best international cookbook and Del Posto as best new restaurant. The winners will be announced at a Manhattan gala on May 8, a few days after Batali returns from cooking chicken thighs and tortilla casserole for scores of NASCAR drivers, crewmen, and their families at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega...
...motor homes," says Batali. "And they came. It wasn't like we checked with NASCAR." But when it came time to put together a partnership deal, it didn't hurt that Batali already knew Brian France, NASCAR's CEO. A couple of years earlier, France had paid Batali to cook his wife's birthday dinner on the couple's boat in Key West, Fla. (Batali does six or seven such private meals a year. He won't say precisely what he charges, but if you're interested, expect the tab to approach six figures...